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Researchers Report Possible ‘Wonder Drug’ for Weight Loss
A research report has come out with a finding which promises to alleviate the pangs of those with an obesity problem. A drug taken as a side fill to their normal weight loss program has the potential to lower blood sugar levels and promote weight loss.
Pramlintide is currently prescribed for diabetics to be taken in [...]
Watch Your Weight As You Watch Your Age
One of the gifts of growing old is wisdom. The other of course is an expanding waistline. The former is welcome, the latter one hopes not. But it is a body truth that with age comes a propensity to pack in the bulge. Muscles start to gradually atrophy and fat starts to take its place. [...]
Try This Success Ladder - Take the Stairs for a Healthier You
This bit of news is vitally important for us geeks who live by shortcuts; whether it is ‘Windows’ or the route to the office chair. A Swiss study released this month showed that taking the stairs for three months, without punching the lift button, increased levels of fitness dramatically.
The adjective ‘dramatic’ is not a hyperbole [...]
Swedish Study Says Mental Skills Start Fading Earlier Than Thought
It will be upon us one day. The not so ephemeral time when our mental faculties start to age and whither. For some, the process has already begun. Now, a Swedish study has found out that the time when this begins to happen could be earlier than previously thought. The study concured that older people’s [...]
NHS Accused Of Neglecting Elderly Patients
A report recently published by the BMJ, which identifies thousands of age discrimination cases in the United Kingdom, has attracted the attention of multiple anti-ageist charities and organizations, and put the British healthcare system in the spotlight. The BMJ-published report identifies thousands of cases where age discrimination is clearly present, highlights major flaws in the [...]
Stanford Study Finds Secret to a Longer Life - Running
Exercise is good. A timeworn truth maybe and all the usual researches bear that out. Now, in the latest a Stanford study emphasizes this runaway truth. If you want a longer and a healthier life, put on those jogging shoes and run. The study shows that middle-aged members of a runner’s club were half as [...]
The Dirtiest Restaurants In America
A report named “Dirty Dining”, released by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, has revealed which United States cities have the best and worst restaurant hygiene. The report was co-written by CSPI food-safety attorney, Sarah Klein who said: “How do you know whether it is a robust inspection force really uncovering the bad [...]
Indian Government Invests In Telemedicine
The Indian government alongside various health and public authorities have agreed to pour large amounts of financial support into expanding what they call “Telemedicine”. Telemedicine allows doctors to examine and provide guidance to patients via video link, despite being hundreds or thousands of miles away. In India healthcare can be a problem and many hospitals [...]
Seven Year Old Boy Diagnosed With Dementia
Seven year old Ben Scott looks like any regular seven year old, but two months ago his parents were told that in the next ten years Ben will progressively lose the ability to speak, walk and even think, as the rare genetic condition known as Niemann-Pick begins to take hold of him. The disease is [...]
A Danish Study Says Unexplained Pain in Chest Could Be a Sinister Sign
We shouldn’t neglect undiagnosed pains and aches especially in the chest and the upper abdominal region. So say a team of Danish researchers from The Aarhus University Hospital. The report says that pain in the chest or upper gastrointestinal tract may be a signal of alarm from alcohol-related causes, pneumonia or lung cancer. The unexplained [...]
Unintentional Drug Misuse Common
A questionnaire carried out by one of the largest drug suppliers in Britain, Lloydspharmacy, has found that a shocking one in five people take their prescription medicine wrongly, usually as a result of misreading labels or misunderstanding instructions given by Doctors or Pharmacists. Last year NHS doctors signed over 700 million prescriptions and over half [...]
Fitness Pill In Development
Good news for those who physically cringe whenever someone even suggests the word: “gym”. A new drug, currently in early development phases, could be used to increase the results of exercise and improve endurance levels without both the legal implications and health risks associated with other similar drugs. Tests have shown both drugs, named GW1516 [...]
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